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Can XnView open archive file?

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:46 am
by zero11187
Can XnView open pictures in *.rar files ? It can open *.zip files but sometime it have error "Format of the file *.zip/rar could not be determined"

Re: Can XnView open archive file?

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:31 am
by xnview
Yes, you need to install the addon

Re: Can XnView open archive file?

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:48 am
by zero11187
I found it. But when using it, I open first picture in a *.rar file, when I switch to next pictures, it show strange pictures which I don't know where are they

Re: Can XnView open archive file?

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:38 pm
by ckv
zero11187 wrote:I found it. But when using it, I open first picture in a *.rar file, when I switch to next pictures, it show strange pictures which I don't know where are they
Unfortunately archives are not fully supported in XnView and switching to next or previous file in view mode doesn't work. You need to open each file separately for viewing from the archive.

The "strange pictures" you see, are probably other pictures in your temp directory. XnView uses your temp directory to temporarily store the file you are vieving from the archive, so when you try to switch next picture XnView just shows whatever file there might be in you temp directory.

Re: Can XnView open archive file?

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:06 am
by zero11187
Can I ask XnView would improve archive support addon in the future ? I really like XnView and really need this addon

Re: Can XnView open archive file?

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 8:51 pm
by osiris2258
I have been requesting proper support for this for over a decade.